Receptacle



Aug. 24 1926- L. HEYMANN RECEPTACLE Filed March 9, 1925 Patented Aug.24, 1926.

LUDWIG HEYMANN, OF OFFEllBACH-ON-THE-MAIN, GERMANY.

BECEPTAGLE.

Application filed March 9, 1925, Serial No. 14,096, and in GermanySeptember 13, 1924.

My invention refers to receptacles, such as purses, ladies handbags,portfolios and trunks and more especially to purses having separatecompartments for banknotes and for coins. It is an object of myinvention to provide a receptacle of this kind, which is more convenientin use in that the coins can be introduced into the coin .compartmentfrom the banknote compartment, there by enabling the user to stow awaybanknotes and coins through the banknote compartment and without raisingthe flap covering the coin compartment,-without hoW ever allowing the.coins to mix with the banknotes.

In the drawings ailixed to this specification and forming part thereof apurse embodying my invention is illustrated by way of example.

In the drawings- Fig. 1 is a front elevation and Fig. 2 is a sideelevation showing the purse in closed condition.

F ig..3 is a perspective view of the purse showing the banknotecompartment in open condition together with the means for introducingcoins into-the coin compartment without raising the outer flap closingthem.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the coin compartment in opencondition.

Referring to the drawings, a is the banknote compartment and b is thecoin compartment, these compartments being disposed on different sidesof the partition f. The banknote compartment contains a number of innerpartitions 7c of different sizes connected with the partition 7 by twoedges, as shown in Fig. 3. This compartment is closed by doubling up thepartitions f and is so as to place one narrow edge on top of the other,a locking member a of a well known kind serving for preventing the pursefrom unfolding.

The coin compartment which takes up only half of the partition f on theside opposite the banknote compartment comprises a folding pocket, I),an outer flap d and a press button 0 holding the flap down on the pocket6.

According'to the present invention, now, the partition is cut outbetween the coin compartment and the banknote compartment, a rectangularopening 0 being formed in the partition, whichgives free access to thecoin compartment from the side of the banknote compartment withoutrequiring the flap cl to be raised. This opening can be closed by afolding pocket 72., attached to the bottom edge and the two lateraledges of the opening, an inner flap 71 attached to the top edge of theopening serving for keeping the pocket It closed.

. Fig. 3 shows the operation of the device: if it is desired tointroduce a coin into the coin compartment b from the side of thebanknote compartment, the inner flap is raised, thereby causing thepocket It to unfold, whereupon the coin can he slipped through theopening. 1

Fig. 4 showsthe coin in the course of entering the coin compartment,from which it can be withdrawn by raising the flap d.

As a rule leather will be the material from which a purse of this kindwill be made, but any other suitable material might be used as well.

A similar arrangement can be used also in connection with ladieshandbags, with portfolios, trunks and the like, in which it will oftenbe found convenient to stow away parts of the content in a separatecompartment and to be able to withdraw themagain without being compelledto open such'compartment. In all these cases the separate compartmentcan be made accessible from within the bag, portfolio or trunk and thearticles in question can be introduced into this compartment from theinner side of the portfolio or trunk, being withdrawn later on byraising the flap or other means closing the compartment from without.

-I wish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to theparticular details of construction shown and described, for obviousmodifications will occur to a person skilled in the art.

I-claim:

1. Receptacle for money comprising a banknote compartment, a coincompartment and a partition separating the two compartments and beingprovided with an opening giving access to one compartment from that sideof the partition, on which the other compartment is arranged. V

2. Receptacle for money comprising a partition, a banknote compartmenton one side of said partition, a purse for coins on the other side ofsaid partition, the interior of said purse being accessible from thebanknote compartment through an opening in the partition and means forcovering said opening.

3. Receptacle for money comprising a partition, a banknote compartmenton one side of said partition, a purse for coins on the other side ofsaid partition, the interior .of

B said purse being accessible from the bank- 10 tition, a banknotecompartment taking up one side of said partition, a purse for coinstakmg upone half. of the other side of the partition, the interior ofsaid purse being accessible from the banknote compartment through anopening in the partition and a folding flap covering said opening.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

LUDWIG HEYMAN N

